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Traders, chanters, and mystics : the networked afterlives of North African Torah scrolls / Ilana Webster-Kogen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webster-Kogen, Ilana, Author.
- Series:
- Music/culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Torah scrolls.
- Jews--Africa, North.
- Jews.
- Judaism--Customs and practices.
- Judaism.
- Africa, North--Religious life and customs.
- Africa, North.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations (black and white.
- Other Title:
- Networked afterlives of North African Torah scrolls
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2026]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction
- Part 1: Mystics Chapter
- 1: The Anthropomorphic Lives of North African Torah Scroll
- Chapter 2: On Organology, Tikkun and Baraka
- Part 2: Chanters
- Chapter 3: The Submerged Afterlife of Arab/Jewish Ritual Aesthetics in France
- Chapter 4:
- Networks of Intensification in North African Cantillation
- Part 3: Traders
- Chapter 5: Widows, Caravans and Goatskins: a Biography of Torah Scroll Supply Chains
- Chapter 6: Curated Afterlives: the Illicit Worlds of Torah Scroll Collecting and Display Epilogue: Restitution as Afterlife
- Glossary
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version Webster-Kogen, Ilana, 1982- Traders, chanters, and mystics
- ISBN:
- 9780819502322 (electronic bk.)
- 0819502324 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40033198748
- CIPO000349753
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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